indulgence

i hope everyone had a wonderful valentine's day. i certainly did. without giving all of the scandalous details away, it involved the following: caramelized onions, a half of an oyster, a bottle of dessert wine that i bought in napa valley, a very bloody swiss-army-knife laceration, creme brulee, ella fitzgerald, and homemade bread. it felt like vacation.

my coffee deprivation is going well. maybe it's not connected, but i've been noticably less irritable. i feel like i've been sleeping better and i have been waking up at 5:00 a.m. (on purpose) without much trouble. i think it's fascinating that my little experiment is begetting unexpected results. the human body is so sensitive and reactive to stimuli - i'm realizing that i've been introducing a drug into my body every day for the past, oh, 10 years without even really thinking about it or its effects. now that i'm finally weaning myself off, i feel more normal, physically and emotionally, than i have in a long time.

and finally, i need to vindicate my boss. he did vote on tuesday.